Severus

Severus is the name of various historical and fictional figures, including:


 * Emperors of the Roman empire
 * Septimius Severus (145–211), Roman emperor from 193 to 211 (rarely known as Severus I.)
 * Severus Caracalla (188–217), Roman emperor from 198 to 217
 * Severus Alexander (208–235), Roman emperor from 222 to 235
 * Valerius Severus, Roman emperor in the tetrarchy from 306 to 307 (rarely known as Severus II.)
 * Libius Severus, Roman emperor from 461 to 465 (rarely known as Severus III.)


 * Other individuals
 * Quintus Varius Severus, Roman politician from the late Republic
 * Aulus Caecina Severus, Roman general and politician
 * Claudius Severus, leader of the Helvetii in 69
 * Cornelius Severus, Roman epic poet in Augustan age
 * Sextus Julius Severus, 2nd-century Roman general
 * Severus (Encratite), founder of the gnostic sect Severian Encratites
 * Gaius Claudius Severus, Roman senator and consul in 112
 * Gnaeus Claudius Severus Arabianus, Roman philosopher, senator and consul in 146, son of Gaius Claudius Severus
 * Gnaeus Claudius Severus, Roman philosopher, senator and consul in 167 and 173, son of Arabianus
 * Gaius Septimius Severus Aper, Roman Aristocrat
 * Tiberius Claudius Severus Proculus, Roman senator and consul in 200
 * Marcus Julius Philippus Severus Augustus (238–249), Roman co-emperor (247–249) with his father Philip the Arab
 * Severus of Barcelona (died c. 304), a legendary Bishop of Barcelona
 * Severus of Ravenna (c. 308–c. 348), bishop of Ravenna
 * Sulpicius Severus (c. 363–c. 425), a Christian writer and native of Aquitania in modern-day France
 * Severus of Reims, bishop of Reims from 394 to 400
 * Severus of Naples (died 409), a bishop of Naples during the 4th and 5th centuries
 * Severus, the first known Bishop of Vence in 439 and perhaps as early as 419
 * Severus of Vienne (died c. 455), a missionary in France
 * Severus of Antioch or Saint Severus the Great (465–538), a Greek monk and theologian, and Patriarch of Antioch
 * Severus of Menorca, 5th-century AD Christian bishop of Menorca
 * Severus II bar Masqeh (died 681), Patriarch of Antioch
 * Severus of Avranches (died c. 690), a French peasant who became Bishop of Avranches
 * Severus Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ (died 987), Coptic bishop and historian


 * Fictional characters
 * Severus Snape, character in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
 * Captain Severus, character in Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie